Chuàngshìjì 42:13

13 Tāmen shuō , púrén men bĕn shì dìxiōng shí èr rén , shì Jiānán dì yī gèrén de érzi , dǐng xiǎo de xiànjīn zaì wǒmen de fùqin nàli , yǒu yī gè méiyǒu le .

Chuàngshìjì 42:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:13

And they said, thy servants [are] twelve brethren
Or rather, "were twelve", since one afterwards is said not to be: the sons of one man in the land of Canaan;
of Jacob, who dwelt there; this is said with the same view as before, to show the improbability of their being spies; and, behold, the youngest [is] this day with our father:
meaning Benjamin, whom Joseph was eager to hear of, and no doubt was glad to hear he was alive, and his father also, and that they were both together in the land of Canaan: and one [is] not;
is not in the land of the living, is dead; for so they thought Joseph was, who is the person intended, as appears from what both Reuben and Judah afterwards say, ( Genesis 42:22 ) ( 44:20 ) ; and yet he was before them, and was the person they were speaking to: this must be very striking and affecting to Joseph, who knew full well they meant himself.

Chuàngshìjì 42:13 In-Context

11 Wǒmen dōu shì yī gèrén de érzi , shì chéngshí rén . púrén men bìng bú shì jiānxi .

12 Yūesè shuō , bù rán , nǐmen bì shì kuītàn zhè dì de xūshí lái de .

13 Tāmen shuō , púrén men bĕn shì dìxiōng shí èr rén , shì Jiānán dì yī gèrén de érzi , dǐng xiǎo de xiànjīn zaì wǒmen de fùqin nàli , yǒu yī gè méiyǒu le .

14 Yūesè shuō , wǒ cái shuō nǐmen shì jiānxi , zhè huà shízaì búcuò .

15 Wǒ zhǐ zhe fǎlǎo de xìngméng qǐshì , ruò shì nǐmen de xiǎo xiōngdi bú dào zhèlǐ lái , nǐmen jiù bùdé chū zhè dìfang , cóngcǐ jiù kĕyǐ bǎ nǐmen zhèng yàn chūlai le .